Container for cigars.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

S. G. MARUM.

CONTAINER FOR CIGARS.

APPLICATION FILED 00w. 10,1904.

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CONTAINER FOR CIGARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed October 10, 1904. Serial No. 227,850.

To all whmn 722'; may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON O. MARUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Container for Cigars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to protective inclosures for such articles as cigars, and has for its principal objects the provision of a convenient container which will efficiently pro tect and at the same time display the contents.

iVith these ends in View it consists in the features and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 shows a blank from which the container is formed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a full end elevation looking from the right in Fig. 3.

As here illustrated, my improved container is formed of cardboard or like material, which is first cut by a suitable die into a blank A. This comprises a main portion a, from one side of which extend narrow portions 1) b and c, the last-named being widest and projecting beyond the portion a. Adjacent to the portion a is a projection d from the main portion, while the opposite ends of the elements I) and c are connected by a portione, which has at the end adjacent to c aprojection f, corresponding to d. The blank is first bent at 10 substantially at right angles to form a rear wall 11 and one side wall 12 and at 13 to furnish one section 14 of an opposite side wall. A similar bending at 15 15 15 and 16 16 16 brings a second section 17 so that it overlaps the section 14, and these may be pasted together to furnish the second side wall. Between these side walls extend the integral front bars 18 18, separated from one another by such spaces that the contents may be readily seen, and at the end of the container is a bar 19, which may be curved along its inner edge at 20. These bars are furnished by the portions 1) b and c of the blank. The extended portion of 0 may now be folded at 21 21 to provide a movable end closure 21, while the folding of the projections d andf at 22 gives flaps 23 23 for coaction therewith. The container having been completed as above described, the cigars are introduced through the open end opposite the closure, fitting side by side and firmly retained in place by the bars. An attractive package is thus furnished, preferably of such a size as to be readily carried in the vestpocket, which permits the goods to be displayed, and yet protects the cigars against breaking both while in stock and while being carried by the user. The peculiar construction of the box renders it resistive of crushing, but without concealing the cigars or interfering with their free removal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A container for cigars, comprising the rear and side walls between which the cigars may extend, and separated front bars connecting the side walls and serving to retain the cigars in place, while permitting them to be seen, one of said bars having an extension, furnishing a closure with which the inner ends and the adjacent sides of the cigars may contact, the side and rear walls being extended at the opposite end, whereby to form a closure for the container.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON O. MARUM. 

